E-Commerce

eCommerce Web Design & Website Development

Give your customers the opportunity to order your products or services online. Let us build the perfect e-commerce website for your business.

E-commerce  (electronic commerce) is the activity of electronically buying or selling products on online services or over the Internet. The term was coined and first employed by Dr. Robert Jacobson, Principal Consultant to the California State Assembly's Utilities & Commerce Committee, in the title and text of California's Electronic Commerce Act, carried by the late Committee Chairwoman Gwen Moore (D-L.A.) and enacted in 1984. Electronic commerce draws on technologies such as mobile commerce, electronic funds transfer, supply chain management, Internet marketing, online transaction processing, electronic data interchange (EDI), inventory management systems, and automated data collection systems. E-commerce is in turn driven by the technological advances of the semiconductor industry and is the largest sector of the electronics industry.

E-commerce can be anything, from an online store up to a delivery system or a booking system. Everything that involves transactions or electronic activity it's e-commerce. Even the apps that you are using to watch Netflix or the stock market are based on a secure e-commerce system.

The Design and Development of any e-commerce website is our expertise. With thousands of examples, we can create your e-feature easily and affordably. The Web Empire develops e-commerce systems with:

• Eye-catching e-commerce design
• Product/Services oriented layout
• Embedded Search Engine Optimization
• Clean Product/Service description
• Booking/Appointment Ability
• Ticketing/Events 
• User friendly one-page checkout
• Custom search filters
• Custom layouts
• Custom fonts
• Advanced registration systems authenticated with Google or Facebook api's
• Strong security
• Advanced registration systems authenticated with Google or Facebook APIs
• License-free software
• Statistics and Metrics of your audience
• Automated Sales Tax systems
• Full front-end and back-end control for your employees
• Paypal, Credit card automated Invoicing, shipping status etc
• User Groups, Coupons and wholesale
• Reviews & Ratings of products or services
• Custom Applications & Development

We don't simply create another ecommerce site. We efficiently build your web presence with sophisticated design and proven results.

Best Solutions for eCommerce Web Design in 2023

The after covid era starts with 2 major options when comes to an eCommerce website design. The first option is to go with one of the free-to-start-pay-a-lot-later companies like Shopify, Wix, Big Commerce, and many others, and the second option is to choose a professional website design company. There are pros and cons to both of course and you should be aware:

1st Option - Major Automated Ecommerce Systems:

PROS:

1. The initial cost is way lower - close to nothing.
2. There are many free training tools online
3. Nowadays almost all of the major players provide at least the basics for free
4. There are not many things to worry about. Just put your products online and hope that you will start the sales.
5. Except for some basic maintenance, the expenses are in general low.

CONS:

1. Exactly as the initial cost is lower, the final visual result most of the time looks and feels cheap. You can't expect anyone to have the knowledge or experience of a designer. So, if you go and start doing your "own thing", even if it's pretty for your own (and probably your family's) eyes, obviously it's not. There is a scenario in which you can hire a designer and help with the parts that can be customized, but still, you are far away from a real custom design. 
2. Requires a lot of time just for the basics and even more, time moving forward. There is no actual support or humans that you can talk to and help you with issues or questions. You need to read, read more or ask for paid support that is not cheap.
3. The actual components that provide value and a better user experience to an e-commerce website are expensive and not customizable. Customization costs a lot. The options that you can choose from, are very limited, and that includes your transaction system company, the fees that you pay per transaction, the fees that you pay for shipping costs even the money that you pay to send confirmation emails or email blasts to your clients. 
4. There are few - probably less than 1% - success stories with any of these systems. Usually, what happens is that a small business starts with these guys, fails partially or completely, and doesn't try again OR the decision maker understands very quickly the limitations and jumps to the custom design train.
5. Very hard to succeed in branding or marketing. Search Engine Optimization doesn't exist due to the engine's limitations. In general, anything that has to do with digital marketing and affordable spending for that reason doesn't exist.

2nd option - Custom Ecommerce Web Design

PROS:

1. Unique design tailored to your needs.
2. Unlimited commercial and custom tools, unlimited vendors to choose from, and unlimited checkout systems up to cryptocurrency payments.
3. Unlimited fields, custom fields, and information to showcase. You can include in your product page, absolutely anything that you like. From videos to 3D views, and from reviews up to live chat and support. It's 100% up to you.
4. Unlimited filters to search based on the above custom fields.
5. Very strong engines for SEO, digital marketing, social media sharing, and boosting. 
6. Strong integration with 3rd party systems, ERP, salesforce, hubspot, and other online APIs.

CONS:

1. Initial cost. A simple eCommerce website can start from $1,500 and can climb to tenths of thousands.
2. Most of the time the website is the "foundation" of your marketing. That means requires more attention to detail and time for strategy. It's definitely not the "cost nothing" trial that you don't worry about. You need to think before you act. 
3. Yearly costs. The more complicated the website the more the maintenance, the updates, and the security standards you have to follow.
4. If you are a large company and you require 3rd party connections expect latencies with the integrations and the different customizations. It can be done, but it takes time.

Have custom eCommerce website development needs? Our agency has personalized solutions.

The Web Empire has decades of experience with both options for your e-commerce design. Even if you are already with Shopify or Bigcommerce or any of the big guys and you would like some help, creative ideas, growth strategy or you just want to create your own custom shop, we are here to help. We understand the importance of utilizing the latest technology to maximize the profitability of your online store. 

Our eCommerce solutions offer the best in standard features and functionality while remaining agile and completely customizable. Our experts can develop custom functionality, integrate with 3rd party systems, pull data from multiple sources, and tailor a solution that matches your brand and eCommerce goals. There are no limits to what your eCommerce website can achieve.